Women, Leadership, and Success

 

Passion Wins …

 

Gunjani Patel-Oza is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Trauma Specialist, Life & Wellness Coach, Speaker, Writer, and now a Podcast Host. She runs a private practice called GPatelCounseling in San Diego California and Florida. She has over a decade of experience specializing in Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Addiction, Grief, and Loss. She is also a new mom to a 25-month-old hyper-energetic but a very lovely boy and is in the process of relaunching herself after being on a hiatus for the last few years. Her newfound vision in life is to spread mental health awareness and normalize it, to break the stigma associated with mental health help-seeking. 

She recently launched her podcast Traumatic Transformations. In each episode of her podcast, she plans to share science-backed actionable tips, tools, and strategies to help people learn more about mental health, be inspired, get hopeful, and change their mindset. She is now working on building a community of healing, thriving, resilient like-minded people on her blog who have transformed through their adversities and are now paying it forward to help others who are looking to be the best versions of themselves. She invites you to plug into her blog community so please sign up and join their tribe  – (https://www.gpatelcounseling.com/blog), Follow her on IG & Facebook: @gpatelcounseling

 

Please List TWO “Business or Life Lessons” – (Or One of Each) – That You Have Learned Along The Way That Has Significantly Contributed To Your Personal and / or Professional Development and Success ???

 

Business Lesson :

“Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion” – Simon Sinek

Working at a non-for-profit for 5 years and feeling underappreciated, drained, and burnt out I learned that I wasn’t ever going to go back to working for someone that wouldn’t appreciate my skills and talents. I grew up in a very entrepreneurial family so I always had the tenacity to own and start my own business and be my own boss. So when life poses challenges I ask myself – what is this adversity trying to teach me ? How is it trying to make me a better version of myself ? And through some soul searching and amazing mentors along the way, I learned I had to do something that I felt passionate about. How could I give 40+ hours of my time to someone and feel miserable at it ? How is that fair. Now I am very proud to say, at this point of owning my practice for 10+ years now, I wake up each day excited to see my patients, and absolutely feel passionate about what I do. We all get 24 hours in a day, it’s up to us to use them to maximize our potential on this planet and live our highest purpose. Thanks to the help from my psychologist and mentors along the way that stepped in and continue to step in without who I wouldn’t have this resilient mindset, self-love and love for helping and impacting others that crosses my path. 

 

Life Lesson :

“Your time in this life is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life”

We were each placed on this earth with a unique purpose. A purpose that is much bigger than ourselves. After having suffered through sexual trauma in my pre-teen years, enduring 3rd-degree burn where I almost lost my life in my teens, not being able to become a surgeon – a dream I so dreamt as a little girl, going through a divorce which was one of the hardest things I have been through,  a failed entrepreneurial venture and bouts of depression, suicidal ideations, and PTSD on and off over 20 years of my life. I have learned through all my sufferings that, after every valley, there is a mountain and change is the only constant we have. That nothing will ever last forever, good or bad, so instead focus on healing and being the better version of yourself when in the valley, and when on the mountain be grateful for now and today and cherish it so you remember these times are coming again.  God/Universe answers in 3 ways – He says yes and gives you what we want, or says no and gives you something better, or He says wait and gives you the best (PeterJbone). So keep learning and growing, without the bad, we wouldn’t appreciate the good, have complete faith in the universe that it’s all happening for a reason that you might not understand right now, and continue to pay it all forward once you tune into your purpose. Sending you all love and light !!!

 

 

Have a Fantastic Day – You Deserve It !!!,

 

Nelson Beltijar
www.ThePositiveDrip.com

 

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